Electrical apparatus.



No. 661,820. Patented Nov. l3, I900.

M. SCHUPNER.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.

7 (Application filed June 16, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheei l.

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No. sa|,a2o.'

M. SCHUPNER.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.

(Application filed J3me 16, 1900. (No Model.) 2 Sheets'$heet 2.

Patented Nov. l3. I900.

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MARTIN SOHUPNER, OFNYAOK, NEW YORK.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,820, dated November 13, 1900.

Application filed June 16, 1900. Serial No. 20,558. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN SCHUPNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Nyack, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Electrical Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved electrical apparatus arranged to permit a barber or other operator to apply a current of electricity of desired intensity to av human body or a portion thereof, mainly, however, for treating the scalp of a person for strengthening, drying, orassisting the growth of the hair.

The iuventionconsists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will- I be f ullydescribed hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. I

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied to a barbefls chair. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of part of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of the same on the line3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4C is a sectional side elevation of a modified form of a barbers chair with the improvement applied thereto. Fig.5 is a diagrammatic view of theimprovement.

The improved apparatus is arranged in connection with a suitable support for the human body to be treated, said support consisting,

preferably, of a barbers chairA of any.ap-.

proved construction. As illustrated in the drawings, the apparatus consists, essentially, of contact-plates B B, preferablysecured to the forward ends of the side arms of the barbers chair, and said contact-plates are connected by branch wires 0 O with a conductor 0 connected with one poleof an inductioncoil D, having its other pole connected with a second conductor E, from which lead flexible branch wires E E 10 bracelets FF, adapt ed to be worn by the operator, preferably on the wrist portions of the hands, so that when a person is seated in the chair and has his hands in contact with the contact-plates B B and the operator applies his hands to the persons body then a circuit is established and the electric current is communicated to a part of the personfor instance,the scal pto treat the same by the well known art of applying electric currents.

: The induction-coil D is connected with a source of electric supply, preferably in the form of a battery having a switch I for opening and closing the circuit. The inductioncoil D is provided with the usual slidable core D for graduating the intensity of the current in connection with a switch J, located in the conductor E and connectedwith the primary and secondary currents of the induction-coil. In the arrangement shown in Fig. l the induction-coil D, battery H, and switches I and J are located in a closet or othersupport adjacent to the barbers chair A, and in order to make'the necessary connections between the plates B B andthe bracelets F F and the induction-coil D it is necessary to provide the conductor 0 on the chair A with a spring contact-plate C (see Figs. 1 and 2) in engagement with the flange A of a spindle A screwing in a sleeve A carried by the leg A of the barbers chair, said sleeve A being connected at its lower end with a wire Oflextending along the chair-leg A to a contact-plate. O in the floor on which the chair is held, said contact-plate 0 connecting by a conductor C with one pole of the induc .tion-coil D. from the back of the chair to a spring contact-plate E in engagement with aring E held on the leg A but insulated from the spindle A and the sleeve A the said ring E being connected by a wire E with another contact-plate E, from which leads a conductor E to the other pole of the induction-coil D. By the contact-plates O and E the main conductors C and E remain at all times in electrical connection with the induction-coil,

even if the chair-seat is turned around or back of the seat-frame, together with thesliding rod D of the induction-coil, so that The other conductor E leads 7 the several parts are within convenient reach of the operator to graduate the intensity of the electric current or to shut off the ourrent whenever desired. By this arrange ment the seat of the chair can -be turned, raised, or lowered or the entire chair can be moved around without disturbing the electrical connections.

The flexible branch conductors E E can be readily hung up on a hook K on the back of the chair when the apparatus is not in use on for contact-with a patient, the iuductioncoil located between the source of supply and the chair and being connected electrically'to the said plates by means of a conductor, and a conductor connected to the other pole, having bracelets thereon for engagement withthe arms of an operator, whereby the circuit may be made byoontact of the patient with. said plates and the operator. substantially-as shown and'described,

2. In an electric sham pooingapparatus,the

combination of a source ofelectric supply, an

induction-coil, and a chair having contactplates thereon, and a conducto'rin electrical engagement with said contact-plates throughthe medium of one pole of the balter.y, and=a conductor having bracelets thereon, in con nectionwith the other pole of the batt ery,' and an interposed switch for turning the'currentoff and on substantially as shown and described.

3. In an electrical apparatus for applying a currentof electricity to the human b9dy,asup-- port having contact-plates thereon, a source 7 of electric supply, an induction-coil, a con i ductor'connected with said contact plates '2 egnszo through the medium of one pole of said source of electricsupply, a second conductor connected with the other pole of said source of electric supply, and means on said second conductor and arranged for attachment to an operator, to enable the latter to establish a circuit through a human body in contact with said contact-plates, asset forth.

4. In an electric shampooing apparatus, the combination with a barbers chair carrying contact-plates, ofa source of electric supply arranged on said chair, an induction-coil lo cated on said chair, a conductor on said chair and in electrical connection with said contactplates through the medium of one pole of said source of electric supply, a second flexible conductor connected with the other pole of said source of electric supply,'and means on saidflexible conductor and arranged for attachment tothe wrists of an operator, to en able the latter to send an electric circuit through a human body in contact with the said contact-plates, as set forth.

5. In an electric shampooing apparatus, the combination with a barbers chair havinga chamber in its seat-frame and-carrying electric contact-plates, of a source of electric supply-arranged in said chamber, an inductioncoil in said seat-frame, a conductor on the seat of the chair and in electric connection with said contact plates=.through the medium of one=pole ofsaid source ofelectric supply, a second flexible-conductorconnected with the other pole'ol said source of electric sup- ,p'ly, an'd means on said'flexibleconductor and arranged for attachment-tokthe wrist-s of an operator,'to enable thelatter-to sendan electric current through 'a human 'bodyiin contact withsaid plates, as set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

I g -MARTIN SOHUPNER "Witnesses: FREDERICK PERRY,

WILLIAM E. BLAURETT. 

